Show S e Proposed Monument i in n New York Harbor I I I I I I I I I I I I A bill introduced in both noth houses of congress providing for a colossal statute statue of the North American Indian to be placed In New York YOlk harbor hns has been en reported in the house This measure was Introduced by br Representative Representative Joseph A Goulden and Sen Senator atom ator Chauncey M N II Depew of or New York and provides that there shall be he erected without expense to tho ho United States government by b Rodman Wana Vann Wanamaker Wanamaker maker of or New York city anti and others othor on a n United States reservation in the harbor harbar of or New York a memorial to tho the memory of or tho Iho North American Indian It is further provided that thata a n commission consisting of o the tho chair nina mon of the committee on library of the senate the chairman of the com coin committee com committee on library of o the house and anti the tho secretaries of or state stale war var navy n nand and Interior and attorney general and Robert Robort C Ogden of Now New York shall be bo created with full ull authority to GO 60 s sled led the site in the harbor of oC Now York and a suitable design and to I contract for and superintend the con construction of the memorial This bill is the tho result of a I tion made by b Mr Rodman Wann maker at a celebrated dinner given last May Max Ia at al Now York In honor of Colonel Cody the famous Indian scout The Idea of o eroding erecting a Statute of an nn Indian with arms arias out omit stretched in ii welcome at tho gateway of or the now world met with such in instant Instant stant slant enthusiasm that thal there Is 15 little doubt but that the tho measure will meet with unanimous support While the ways wars and means of pro providing viding riding money mone to lo finance the enter enterprise prise have havo not nol yet et been heen decided upon It IH is expected that tho the statue will vIII bo ho a national monument to perpetuate the time memory memon of the first American and an opportunity will be given Ien to 10 every ever eer ono who desires to contribute It Is la estimated that one penny from every oV r man woman and child in the tho th United States State will furnish ample means for Its Ils erection Already various trIbes of the Order of oC Red Men lIen throughout the thi United States Slates have taken steps to contribute their share haro to the general fund It Is If planned that lint each of the five Iho hundred thousand members of the Order ot or Red Men represented In the four Cou thou C sand tribes in the United States Slates shall II contribute two cents cont each which i S would amount to A pile of copper cents amounting to lo Is b far tar more moro imposing than a single check I n a for lint amount donated by b oDie one IF individual lUll to whom It 11 would mean menu so 51 little Tho Idoa Idea of this statue originated with Mr Rodman of I Philadelphia during an expedition made mado by lit him In 1909 1905 for tho the purpose I his hi own I I of studying time the Indian on ground His Impulse was to lo pre pro present sent sont the statue to lo the Iho country countr but the tho consensus of opinion is that It I should be lie a national gift and amI that every over child In the country countr should shaul bo be allowed to contribute one penny penn ui in l memory menior of a race that Is fast becom becoming lag ing In extinct The bill Is IN backed by b the entire entrO Now York delegation both In the and in tho the senate anSi and la is rG rc I calving tho the support of the president the time aud and many man prominent nent men in political miamI and financial circles Very Vary Vor valuable volu ble aid is being given to secure se ure the tIme passage passa a of tho the bill by b Senators Owen of Oklahoma and Curtis of Kansas and und by br Carter of oC Oklahoma all of whom trace trae their ancestry back Jack to the noble red man mann of tho the forest fores I |